Best space opera anime
124 anime about space opera, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.5Vandread: The Second Stage
TV · 2001 · 13 ep
Vandread: The Second StageTV · 2001 · 13 ep3.5Though Hibiki and crew defeated a super-huge battleship of the earth in the last of the first stage, they noticed five battleships further aiming at Mejeiru and Tarahk. And, crew of NIRVANA learnt Tarahk and Mejeiru which were their home…
3.5VOLTES V
TV · 1977 · 40 ep
VOLTES VChou Denji Machine Voltes VTV · 1977 · 40 ep3.5From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as the Boazan Forces has invaded the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this kind of situation has been unleashed. Kenichi, Ippei, Daijirou, Hiyoshi & Megumi are…
3.5AKB0048
TV · 2012 · 13 ep
AKB0048TV · 2012 · 13 ep3.5The year is 0048, and in the wake of the great wars, all forms of entertainment have been banned by the dystopian and iron-gloved rule of the anti-music DES. To combat this threat to intergalactic harmony, a group of bold young women have…
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3.5Star Wars: Visions Volume 3
ONA · 2025 · 9 ep
Star Wars: Visions Volume 3ONA · 2025 · 9 ep3.5The critically-acclaimed series of animated shorts returns to Japan for a third installment in collaboration with nine anime studios. 1) The Duel: Payback (Mizuno Takanobu, Kamikaze Douga x Anima) 2) The Song of Four Wings (Hiroyasu…
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3.5Crusher Joe: The Movie
Movie · 1983 · 1 ep
Crusher Joe: The MovieCrusher JoeMovie · 1983 · 1 ep3.5Crushers: intergalactic Jacks-of-All-Trades who will take on any assignment for the right price. Crusher Joe heads a small team of these outer space troubleshooters that includes the cyborg Talos, the beautiful Alfin, and the obligatory…
3.5Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi
ONA · 2026 · 8 ep
Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth JediStar Wars: Visions - Kyuuninme no JediONA · 2026 · 8 ep3.5The 8-episode limited anime series is part of an all-new Star Wars: Visions Presents banner, which allows filmmakers to tell longer-form Star Wars: Visions stories. Picking up not long after the events of the Visions shorts, in the new…
3.5Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
OVA · 1994 · 10 ep
Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVAMusekinin Kanchou Tylor OVAOVA · 1994 · 10 ep3.5Six long months have passed. The Raalgon Empire has developed a horrible new type of weapon, and Tylor has been charged with the duty of intercepting it as it is being transported. But when all that could go wrong does go wrong, the crew…
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3.4Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Seasons 1-2
ONA · 2014 · 26 ep
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Seasons 1-2Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon CrystalONA · 2014 · 26 ep3.4Tsukino Usagi is a clumsy crybaby, but otherwise very cheerful 8th grade student. One day she meets a cat named Luna with a crescent moon on her head, and is transformed into the sailor-suited guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon! As…
3.4Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXKidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuXTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.4Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle. Under the entry…
3.4Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusenmochi Datta node, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei toshite Jiyuu ni IkitaiTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.4Sato Takahiro was an ordinary office worker and hobbyist gamer until the day he woke up on a spaceship–one that strangely resembled a craft from a favorite space-shooter game. With a decked-out ship, a crew full of babes, and a fantastic…
3.4Bodacious Space Pirates
TV · 2012 · 26 ep
Bodacious Space PiratesMouretsu PiratesTV · 2012 · 26 ep3.4When Marika Katou learns that her late father was the captain of a pirate ship, it’s the second biggest surprise of her life. The biggest? Learning that his crew needs her to take over her father’s old job due to the terms of their…
3.4Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!
Movie · 2006 · 2 ep
Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!Movie · 2006 · 2 ep3.4This double feature comprises of Gunbuster and Die Buster (aka Gunbuster 2) condensed them into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between. The first part, Gunbuster the Movie, condenses the six…
3.4Macross 7 Encore
OVA · 1995 · 3 ep
Macross 7 EncoreOVA · 1995 · 3 ep3.4Three unbroadcasted episodes of the Macross 7 series. In "Fleet of the Strongest Women," the Macross 7 fleet encounters a rogue Meltrandi fleet led by an old rival of Millia. "On Stage" focuses on Ray's past as a fighter pilot, how he…
3.4Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars
TV · 1980 · 25 ep
Star Blazers: The Bolar WarsUchuu Senkan Yamato IIITV · 1980 · 25 ep3.4A stray missile from a confrontation between the Galman empire and the Bolar Federation crashes into the sun, turning it into a time bomb of radiation. The Star Force once again sets off into space, this time on a quest to look for a new…
3.4Vandread
TV · 2000 · 13 ep
VandreadTV · 2000 · 13 ep3.4Life sucks for Hibiki. Intergalactic society has broken into civil war between males and females; he's stuck on the assembly line for war mecha, relentlessly teased by his co-workers and unable to pursue his dreams of building his own…
3.4Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
OVA · 1991 · 13 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryKidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryOVA · 1991 · 13 ep3.4U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi…
3.4SNOWBALL EARTH
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
SNOWBALL EARTHSnowball EarthTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.4"Yukio... I'm going to make a friend." A shy boy named Tetsuo. The only thing he had was a giant robot named Yukio. They became "saviors" in the fight against the galactic monsters coming from outer space. After the final battle, Tetsuo…
3.4Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
TV · 1993 · 51 ep
Mobile Suit Victory GundamKidou Senshi Victory GundamTV · 1993 · 51 ep3.4It is Universal Century 0153. On the space colonies located at Side 2, the Zanscare Empire has come to power and it holds onto that power through liberal use of the guillotine. With its forces invading the Earth and its space fleets…
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3.4Macross Dynamite 7
OVA · 1997 · 4 ep
Macross Dynamite 7OVA · 1997 · 4 ep3.4Less than a year after the events that transpired in the Macross 7 TV series, Basara leaves Fire Bomber and travels to the planet Zola. There, he meets a girl named Elma, who is a big fan of Fire Bomber. It is also on this planet where he…
3.4Macross Delta: Passionate Walküre
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Macross Delta: Passionate WalküreMacross Δ Movie: Gekijou no WalküreMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.4A compilation film of the Macross Delta anime series that features new scenes to tell a different story. In 2067, Freyja Wion leaves her hometown, achieves her dream of joining Walküre, and starts to sing. (Source: Hulu)
3.4Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!Macross 7 Movie: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru!Movie · 1995 · 1 ep3.4While investigating a sound anomaly across the galaxy, Basara crash-lands on a snowy planet and receives an unfriendly welcome from the local residents. On the planet, he befriends Pedro, a four-year-old boy who watches the Galaxy Network…
3.4Crayon Shin-chan Movie 20: Arashi wo Yobu! Ora to Uchuu no Princess
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Crayon Shin-chan Movie 20: Arashi wo Yobu! Ora to Uchuu no PrincessMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.4
3.4Di Gi Charat Nyo
TV · 2003 · 104 ep
Di Gi Charat NyoTV · 2003 · 104 ep3.4Di Gi Charat (a.k.a. Dejiko) - along with Petit Charat (a.k.a. Puchiko) and Gema - travels to Earth as part of her training to become a full-fledged princess. They crash on a small town in Japan, where they meet the Omocha brothers (who…
3.3Tower of God Season 2
TV · 2024 · 26 ep
Tower of God Season 2Tower of God 2nd SeasonTV · 2024 · 26 ep3.3Ja Wangnan can’t seem to pass the 20th Floor. Even after failing time and time again, he refuses to give up. On his journey, he meets a mysterious and powerful character named Viole. Wangnan invites Viole to join his team of Regulars…
3.3Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
TV · 1986 · 47 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZKidou Senshi Gundam ZZTV · 1986 · 47 ep3.3It is the year 0088 of the Universal Century in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. The badly damaged assault cruiser Argama docks at the run-down space colony of Shangri-La for much-needed repairs. While the Argama is in drydock, a young junk dealer…
3.3Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the Stars
Movie · 2005 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the StarsKidou Senshi Z Gundam I: Hoshi wo Tsugu MonoMovie · 2005 · 1 ep3.3Digitally remastered compilation movies for the Zeta Gundam TV series with some new footage. Part of Gundam's 25th Anniversary celebration.
3.3Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars
Movie · 2006 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the StarsKidou Senshi Z Gundam III: Hoshi no Kodou wa AiMovie · 2006 · 1 ep3.3Final of three remastered Zeta Gundam compilation movies. (Source: AniDB)
3.3Queen Emeraldas
OVA · 1998 · 4 ep
Queen EmeraldasOVA · 1998 · 4 ep3.3The story revolves around a race that seeks to dominate the galaxy. A lone mysterious female warrior, known to others as Emeraldas sails the endless planets of the universe- in her Seas of Star ship- fighting the tyranny of that merciless…
3.3Reconguista in G the Movie I Go! Core Fighter
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Reconguista in G the Movie I Go! Core FighterGundam: G no Reconguista Movie I - Ike! Core FighterMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.3The first film compiling the Gundam: G no Reconguista TV series.
3.3Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
TV · 1997 · 26 ep
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby DickHakugei DensetsuTV · 1997 · 26 ep3.3A courageous young man tries to find the only person who can save his planet from the most terrifying beast in the universe -- the great white whale Moby Dick -- in this futuristic anime adventure set in 4699. But locating the outlaw…
3.3Queen Millennia Movie
Movie · 1982 · 1 ep
Queen Millennia Movie1000-nen Joou: Queen MillenniaMovie · 1982 · 1 ep3.3AD 1999, the Earth was in a critical situation; a planet Lar Metal was approaching to the Earth. Meanwhile, Yukino Yayoi was heard about Lar Metal from Dr. Amamori of Tokyo Observatory. She was a junior high school teacher, but she also…
3.3ALDNOAH.ZERO Season 2
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
ALDNOAH.ZERO Season 2Aldnoah.Zero Part 2TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.3Seeking for revenge, Count Saazbaum, a Martian, attacked the Earth. Later on, the war between the Terrans and Martians ended with Earth's Terrans gaining the victory. However, nineteen months later, the battle between them continues…
3.3Five Star Stories
Movie · 1989 · 1 ep
Five Star StoriesMovie · 1989 · 1 ep3.3Amaterasu is the god of light, the future emperor of the Joker Star System. Under the guise of young mecha conceptor Ladios Sopp, he is compelled by an old friend, Dr Ballanche, to save his two latest Fatimas Lachesis and Clotho. And so…
3.3Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers
Movie · 2005 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - LoversKidou Senshi Z Gundam II: Koibito-tachiMovie · 2005 · 1 ep3.3Second out of three compilation movies for the Zeta Gundam series. (Source: AniDB)
3.3The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012
OVA · 1987 · 1 ep
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012Macross Flash Back 2012OVA · 1987 · 1 ep3.3Flash Back 2012 is Minmay's farewell concert. Featuring some of her best songs, the music is performed over various scenes and events taken from the Macross TV series as well as the movie "Do You Remember Love?". Also included is a newly…
3.3Macross 7 Plus
Special · 1995 · 12 ep
Macross 7 PlusSpecial · 1995 · 12 ep3.3A series of 2-3 minute shorts revealing the everyday life of some characters, back-story of others, and the occasional music video. Originally included as extras on the Macross 7 VHS and laserdisc releases.